Catalogue of two valuable illuminated manuscripts the property of Harry [sic] Yates Thompson, Esq.

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CATALOGUE

TWO VALUABLE

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS

THE PROPERTY OF

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CATALOGUE

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Eluminated Manuscripts,

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HARRY YATES THOMPSON, Eso.

WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION
BY MESSRS.

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE

Auctioneers of Kiterary Property & Works illustrative of the Fine Arts,
AT THEIR HOUSE, No. 13, WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND, W.C.
On THURSDAY, the 25th of JUNE, 1914,

Immediately after the Conclusion of the First Day's Sale of the Pembroke
‘ullection, provided that collection 18 sold by public auction.

MAY BE VIEWED TWO DAYS PRIOR. CATALOGUES MAY BE HAD.

DRYDEN PRESS: J. DAVY AND SONS, 8-9, FRITH-STREET, SOHO-SQUARK, W.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

I. The highest bidder to be the buyer ; and if any dispute arise bet ween
bidders, the Jot so disputed shall be immediately put up again, pro-
vided the Auctioneer cannot decide the said dispute.

II. No person to advance Jess than 18.; above five pounds 2s. 6d. ; and
80 ON In proportion.

III. All lots are sold subject to the right to Impose a reserve ; and subject
to the right to bid by, or on behalf of, the seller.

IV. The purchasers to give in their names and places of abode, and to pay
down 10s. in the pound, if required, in part payment of the purchase-
money, in default of which the lot or lots purchased to be immediately
put up again and re-sold.

V. The lots to be taken away, at the bnyer’s expense, immediately after
the conclusion of the sale; in default of which Messrs. SorHesy,
Winkixson & Hopce will not hold themselves responsible if lost,
stolen, damaged, or otherwise destroyed, but they will be left at the
sole risk of the purchaser. If, at the expiration of ONE WEEK after
the conclusion of the sale, the books or other property are not cleared
or paid for, they will then be catalogued for immediate sale, and the
expenses, the same as if re-sold, will be added to the amount at which
the books were bought. Messrs. SorHEBY, WILKINSON & HopGE will
have the option of re-selling the lots uncleared, either by public or
private sale, without any notice being given to the defaulter.

VI. All the books are presumed to be perfect, unless otherwise expressed ;
but if, upon collating, any should prove defective, the purchaser will
be at liberty to take or reject them, provided they are returned within
Ten Days after the conclusion of the sale, when the purchase-money
will be returned.

VII. The sale of any book or books 1s not to be set aside on account of any
worm holes, stained or short leaves of text or plates, want of list of
plates or blank leaves, or on account of the publication of any
subsequent volume, supplement, appendix, or plates. All the manu-
scripts, autographs, all magazines and reviews, all books in lots, and all
tracts in lots or volumes, will be sold with all faults, imperfections
and errors of description. The sale of any illustrated book, lot of
prints or drawings, is not to be set aside on account of any error in
the enumeration of the numbers stated, or error of description.

VIII. No Imperfect Book will be taken back, unless a note accompanies
each book, stating its imperfections, with the number of lot and date
of the sale at which the same was purchased.

IX. To prevent inaccuracy in the delivery, and inconvenience in the
settlement of the purchases, no lot can on any account be removed
during the time of sale.

X. Upon failure of complying with the above conditions, the money
required and deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; and 7
any loss 18 sustained in the ve-selling of such lots as are not cleared
or pant for, all charges on such re-sale shall be made good by the
defaulters at this sale.

Gentlemen who cannot attend the Sale may have their Commissions
Satthfully executed by their humble Servants,
SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE,
13, Wellington Street, Strand, London.
Telegraphic Address: “' Abinitio, Rand, London.” = Telephone: 3852 Gerrard.

In sending Commissions please refer to this Catalogue as “SOLON.”

COMMISSIONS CANNOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BE ACCEPTED BY
TELEPHONE.

CATALOGU Ik

OF

TWO VALUABLE

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS,

THE PROPERTY OF

HARRY YATES THOMPSON, Esa.

NO, 4:
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CALENDARIO [FRENCH, XVTH CENTURY], bound
in old black pig-skin, with massive perforated

silver clasps, enclosed in a new wood and
morocco case sm 4to. SC. XV

*.* A RICHLY ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
(190 leaves, 84 by 6 in.), finely written in bold gothic letters, long
lines, 15 to a full page; red rubrics, full Calendar in French in
gold, red and blue; Prayers at end in French. EVERY PAGE
WITH LATERAL BORDERS OF DELICATE FLORAL DECORATION ;
TWELVE SMALL CIRCULAR MINIATURES of the Occupations of the

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Months in rich floral frames; 16 LARGE, RICHLY PAINTED
AND BRILLIANTLY ILLUMINATED SEMI - ARCHED
MINIATURES, SURROUNDED BY DEEP DECORATIVE BORDERS
OF UNUSUAL RICHNESS, consisting of leafy branches, flower
scrolls, natural flowers and fruits, birds (including the peacock),
grotesyues, angels, ete., with a slight inner border of flowers on
gold grounds connected with a finely decorated large initial; also
numerous smaller decorative Initials and much textual ornament.

The subjects represented by the large miniatures are as
follow: (1i-1v) THE Four EVANGELISTS with their Emblems,
S. John in Patmos, the others writing in interiors; (Vv) THE
ANNUNCIATION, angels adoring in the borders; (v1) VISITATION
OF MARY AND ELIZABETH, a rocky landscape, diapered back-
ground; (vil) THe NATIVITY, a canopied exterior; (vin) THE
SHEPHERDS, a rocky landscape, the figures richly clothed ; (1x)
OFFERINGS OF THE MAG), a rich miniature: (X) PRESENTATION
IN THE Temple; (x1) FoGur intro Eayrr, a rocky landscape ;
(xtt) CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN, an interior with diapered
background; (xi) DAvip PRAYING, a rocky landscape, a harp
and lute on the ground, and figures in the border; (xiv) THE
CRUCIFIXION, chequered background, a fine group; (XV) PENTE-
COST a fine group, peacocks and a baboon in borders; (xXVv1)
Viciuia MorTUORUM, a graveyard, a soul departing from its
dead body received by the Deity in Heaven, the archangel
Michael in armour slaying a gilded hairy demon.

Besides these large miniatures there are FOUR INITIAL
MINIATURES, representing: (1) The Virgin suckling the infant
Jesus; (2) The Virgin and Dead Christ; (3) The Madonna and
Child, a kneeling figure adoring (probably meant as a portrait of
the gentleman for whom the MS. was executed) ; (4) The Trinity.
These are surrounded by deep rich borders of floral decoration.
Two escutcheons with the arms of the original owner in the
lower margins of ff. 22 and 96 have been erased and overlaid
with brush gold.

Tuts MS. 18 A BEAUTIFUL AND UNUSUALLY FINE EXAMPLE
OF THE BEST STYLE OF FRENCH ILLUMINATING ART OF THE
PERIOD. ‘The colours used are many: green, purple, red, blue,
pink, slate, silver, etc., and the gold heightening is very brilliant,
and the whole composition harmonious and pleasing.

The MS. is No. lvi of the Ashburnham (Appendix) collection.

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‘jy BUS H#&BRAICORUM NominuM [the last ends at

‘Tiberiadis Visio’’], old calf
large folio. SC. XIII

*,* MANUSCRIPT ON THIN VELLUM (360 leaves, 14 by 10 in.)
BY AN ANGLO-NORMAN OR ENGLISH SCRIBE, written in neat
gothic letters, double columns of 60 lines. DECORATED WITH 133
FINE LARGE PAINTED AND ILLUMINATED HISTORIATED AND ORNA-
MENTAL INITIAI, MINIATURES, many with marginal extensions ;
also many hundred ornamental pen-letters, with marginal flourishes
in blue and red. Head titles of the different books and chapter
divisions in blue and red.

THE DECORATIONS IN THIS MS. ARE EXCEEDINGLY GOOD
ENGLISH WORK. The historiated miniatures number seventy-
eight, and the ornamental ones fifty-five, the latter consisting of
involved scrolls ending in grotesques, chiefly serpents. There is
a fine full-length strap-initial # before Genesis, containing twelve
small circular miniatures of The Works of Creation, The Tempta-
tion and Expulsion of Adam and Eve, etc., and there are three or
four other strap initials. The historiated initials are very fine
and depict the usual subjects connected with the particular book
at the head of which they occur, and several have grotesque
marginal extensions. The volume was in the CONVENTUAL
LIBRARY OF St. STEPHEN AT DiJON, in the diocese of Langres,
in the sixteenth century, and has an inscription on the first page
of Genesis to that effect; and there are two other sixteenth
century inscriptions.

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